Data broadcast data, which is broadcast in data broadcasts, is constructed by disposing, for example, EMD (Electric Music Distribution) links required to acquire song data as actual broadcast data, which is broadcast in actual broadcasts by a transmitting device, the actual broadcast data is transmitted, and the data broadcast data wherein the EMD links for the song data in the actual broadcasts are disposed, is transmitted periodically during the transmission of the actual broadcast data. The actual broadcast data and the data broadcast data are received by a user terminal, and the EMD links disposed in the data broadcast data are stored whenever there is an input of an operation to attach a “bookmark”. Thus, audio data such as songs in programs broadcast can easily be acquired by radio.
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1. A transmitting method for transmitting a predetermined broadcast signal together with predetermined additional information, said method comprising: constructing said additional information including acquiring information to acquire related data related to said broadcast signal from a different source than said broadcast signal through a first transmission method and a second signal, wherein said broadcast signal comprises said second signal superimposed on a first signal; transmitting, using a transmitter, said broadcasting signal to a terminal device through a second transmission method different from the first transmission method, and transmitting, to the terminal device through the second transmission method, said additional information, including said acquiring information concerning said related data related to said broadcast signal on more than one occasion during the transmitting of said broadcast signal, wherein: said first signal is a first image or sound; said second signal is a second image or sound; a part of said first image or sound and a part of said second image or sound overlap in time in said broadcast signal; and the time amplitude of the part where said first image or sound and said second image or sound overlap is contained in said additional information.
2. A transmitting method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said additional information in which said acquiring information is disposed is transmitted periodically in said transmitting step.
3. A transmitting method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an error detection/correction step for performing error detection/correction on said additional information.
4. A transmitting method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein said additional information is transmitted in units on which error detection/correction has been performed.
5. A transmitting method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said acquiring information comprises unique information uniquely assigned to said related data.
6. A transmitting method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said acquiring information comprises recognizing information useful for recognizing the content of said related data.
7. A transmitting method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said acquiring information comprises access information used for accessing an access location where said related data is provided.
8. A transmitting method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said additional information in predetermined units comprises said acquiring information according to claim 1 when said additional information is transmitted in predetermined units.
9. A transmitting method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said related data is video data or audio data when said broadcast signal is predetermined video data or audio data.
10. A transmitting method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said related data is a computer program when said broadcast signal is video data or audio data obtained by executing a said computer program.
11. A transmitting method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein information useful for recognizing the content of said related data is disposed in said additional information in addition to said acquiring information in said constructing step.
12. A transmitting method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said related data is disposed in said additional information in addition to said acquiring information in said constructing step.
13. A transmitting method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein said related data in which said additional information is disposed, is encoded.
14. A transmitting method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said first signal is a predetermined image or sound, and said second signal is noise apart from said image or sound.
15. A transmitting method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said second signal disposed in said additional information is encoded.
16. A transmitting method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the end of said first image or sound and the beginning of said second image or sound overlap when said first image or sound is transmitted first, and said second image or sound is transmitted later.
17. A transmitting method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the time amplitude of the part where part of said first image or sound and said second image or sound overlap, is variable.
18. A transmitting method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said additional information, in which said first image or sound or said second image or sound of the overlapping part is also disposed in addition to said acquiring information, is constructed in said constructing step.
19. A transmitting method as claimed in claim 18 , wherein said additional information, in which said first image or sound or said second image or sound of the overlapping part is disposed, is transmitted together with said broadcast signal corresponding to either said first image or sound, or a broadcast signal corresponding to said second image or sound, or to both, in said transmitting step.
20. A transmitting method as claimed in claim 18 , wherein said first image or sound or said second image or sound in the overlapping part disposed in said additional information is encoded.
21. A transmitting method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a splitting step for splitting said related data into a first component and a second component, wherein: said first component is transmitted as said broadcast signal in said transmitting step.
22. A transmitting method as claimed in claim 21 , wherein said second component is also disposed in said additional information in addition to said acquiring information, in said constructing step.
23. A transmitting method as claimed in claim 22 , wherein said second component disposed in said additional information is encoded.
24. A transmitting method as claimed in claim 21 , wherein said related data is video data or audio data, said first component is a low region component or an upper bit of said video data or audio data, and said second component is a high region component or a lower bit of said video data or audio data.
25. A transmitting method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said acquiring information comprises access information used for accessing a database in which said related information is stored.
26. A transmitting method as claimed in claim 25 , wherein said acquiring information comprises unique information uniquely assigned to said related data in addition to said access information.
27. A transmitting method as claimed in claim 26 , wherein said unique information is an ISRC (International Standard Recording Code).
28. A transmitting method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, when said broadcast signal is a broadcast program of songs, said additional information comprises the titles of said songs, names of singers singing said songs, names of companies manufacturing the recording media on which said songs are recorded, jacket photos for said recording media, photos of said singers, or a part of said songs recorded on said recording media in said constructing step.
29. A transmitting method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said additional information comprises information for a visual or audio advertisement or publicity when said broadcast signal is a predetermined image or sound in said constructing step.
30. A transmitting device for transmitting a predetermined broadcast signal together with predetermined additional information, said device comprising: constructing means for constructing said additional information including acquiring information to acquire related data related to said broadcast from a different source than said broadcast signal through a first transmission method, wherein said broadcast signal comprises a second signal superimposed on a first signal, and wherein said constructing means constructs said additional information by superimposing said second signal in addition to said acquiring information; and transmitting means for transmitting, to a terminal device through a second transmission method different from the first transmission method, said broadcast signal and said additional information including said acquiring information concerning said related data related to said broadcast signal on more than one occasion during the transmission of said broadcast signal, wherein: said first signal is a first image or sound; said second signal is a second image or sound; a part of said first image or sound and a part of said second image or sound overlap in time in said broadcast signal; and the time amplitude of the part where said first image or sound and said second image or sound overlap is contained in said additional information.
31. A transmitting device as claimed in claim 30 , further comprising error detection/correction means for performing error detection/correction on said additional information.
32. A transmitting device as claimed in claim 31 , wherein said additional information is transmitted in units on which error detection/correction has been performed.
33. A transmitting device as claimed in claim 30 , wherein said transmitting means periodically transmits said additional information in which said acquiring information is disposed.
34. A transmitting device as claimed in claim 30 , wherein said acquiring information comprises unique information uniquely assigned to said related data.
35. A transmitting device as claimed in claim 30 , wherein said acquiring information comprises recognizing information useful for recognizing the content of said related data.
36. A transmitting device as claimed in claim 30 , wherein said acquiring information comprises access information used for accessing an access location where said related data is provided.
37. A transmitting device as claimed in claim 30 , wherein said related data is video data or audio data when said broadcast signal is predetermined video data or audio data.
38. A transmitting device as claimed in claim 30 , wherein said related data is a computer program when said broadcast signal is video data or audio data obtained by executing a said computer program.
39. A transmitting device as claimed in claim 30 , wherein information useful for recognizing the content of said related data is disposed in said additional information in addition to said acquiring information in said constructing means.
40. A transmitting device as claimed in claim 30 , wherein said related data is disposed in said additional information in addition to said acquiring information in said constructing means.
41. A transmitting device as claimed in claim 40 , wherein said related data in which said additional information is disposed, is encoded.
42. A transmitting device as claimed in claim 30 , wherein said second signal disposed in said additional information is encoded.
43. A transmitting device as claimed in claim 30 , wherein said constructing means constructs said additional information by disposing said first image or sound or said second image or sound of the overlapping part in addition to said acquiring information.
44. A transmitting device as claimed in claim 43 , wherein said transmitting means transmits said additional information, in which said first image or sound or said second image or sound of the overlapping part is disposed, together with said broadcast signal corresponding to either said first image or sound, or a broadcast signal corresponding to said second image or sound, or to both.
45. A transmitting device as claimed in claim 44 , wherein said first image or sound or said second image or sound in the overlapping part disposed in said additional information is encoded.
46. A transmitting device as claimed in claim 30 , further comprising splitting means for splitting said related data into a first component and a second component, wherein: said transmitting means transmits said first component as said broadcast signal.
47. A transmitting device as claimed in claim 46 , wherein said constructing means constructs said additional information by disposing said second component in addition to said acquiring information.
48. A transmitting device as claimed in claim 47 , wherein said second component disposed in said additional information is encoded.
49. A transmitting device as claimed in claim 46 , wherein said related data is video data or audio data, said first component is a low region component or an upper bit of said video data or audio data, and said second component is a high region component or a lower bit of said video data or audio data.
50. A transmitting device as claimed in claim 30 , wherein said acquiring information comprises access information used for accessing a database in which said related information is stored.
51. A transmitting method comprising: constructing predetermined additional information including acquiring information to acquire data related to a predetermined broadcast signal from a different source than said broadcast signal through a first transmission method; transmitting, using a transmitter, said predetermined broadcast signal to a terminal device through a second transmission method different from the first transmission method; and transmitting, to the terminal device through the second transmission method, said predetermined additional information on more than one occasion during the transmission of said predetermined broadcast signal, wherein: said related data is a computer program when said broadcast signal is video data or audio data obtained by executing said computer program; the broadcast signal comprises a first signal superimposed on a second signal; a part of the first signal and a part of the second signal overlap in time; and the time amplitude of the part where the first signal and the second signal overlap is contained in the additional information.
52. A transmitting device comprising: means for constructing predetermined additional information including acquiring information to acquire data related to a predetermined broadcast signal from a different source than said broadcast signal through a first transmission method; means for transmitting said predetermined broadcast signal to a terminal device through a second transmission method different from the first transmission method; and means for transmitting, to the terminal device through the second transmission method, said predetermined additional information on more than one occasion during the transmission of said predetermined broadcast signal, wherein: said related data is a computer program when said broadcast signal is video data or audio data obtained by executing said computer program; the broadcast signal comprises a first signal superimposed on a second signal; a part of the first signal and a part of the second signal overlap in time; and the time amplitude of the part where the first signal and the second signal overlap is contained in the additional information.
53. A receiving method comprising: receiving, via an antenna, a predetermined broadcast signal and predetermined additional information through a first transmission method, the broadcast signal comprising a first signal superimposed on a second signal, a part of the first signal overlapping in time a part of the second signal, the time amplitude of the overlapping part being contained in the additional information; said predetermined additional information including acquiring information to acquire data related to said broadcast signal from a different source than said broadcast signal through a second transmission method different from the first transmission method; temporarily storing said received additional information into a temporary storage; and storing said acquiring information disposed in said additional information temporarily stored in said temporary storage into a main storage when there is a user input from an operation unit, wherein said related data is a computer program when said broadcast signal is video data or audio data obtained by executing said computer program.
54. A receiving device comprising: means for receiving a predetermined broadcast signal and predetermined additional information through a first transmission method, said predetermined additional information including acquiring information to acquire data related to said broadcast signal from a different source than said broadcast signal through a second transmission method different from the first transmission method, the broadcast signal comprising a first signal superimposed on a second signal, a part of the first signal overlapping in time a part of the second signal, the time amplitude of the overlapping part being contained in the additional information; temporary storage means for temporarily storing said received additional information; and acquiring information storing means for storing said acquiring information disposed in said additional information temporarily stored in said temporary storage means into a main storage when there is a user input from an operation unit, wherein said related data is a computer program when said broadcast signal is video data or audio data obtained by executing said computer program.
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